Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-20

Great Burlington, Mass. For years Cali
fornia's seats IN the United States Senate
have been held by men whose checks
were good for millions and within de-
csde and half more than thirty million
aires have been removed from the Pa
cifc slope by death. Ralston, the
banker, drowned himself in 1875, and in
| 1874, W. B. DoWen, who was worth
! So 600 600, was found with bullet in
his brain. During this same year James
de Lsveags died, leaving So, 900, 900, and
| shortly afterwards E. G.. Croker of Sac
rsmento left $500, 600. In 1876 T c.
Manson failed to take his million dollars
! into his costly cofin, and James Lick
| gave up some OF the millions he bad made
! to charity. It was no more than ten
YEARS ego that Mark Hopkins left his man
ssa on Mob Hill and his $40 100000 to
occupy six feet of cold earth, and Micheal
Reese died during the same year worth
several million. Reese had genius for
| lending money. He borrowed cheap and
| lent dear, and it ia said that he made
| 100000 annually on borrowed money.
HIS personal expenses were lees than
$4,000 year, aud mis- income was several
hundred times that smount.
In 1880 liquor dealer named Martin
die0 in San Francisco worth $4,000. 600,
and In 1885 the farmer king, Hugh Glenn,
was shot by &n assassin. Glenn began
| lite in Cnlifornis as mule seller. He
turned his attention to California farming
rather than to mining, and during the
latter years he WAS one of the largest
land owners in the United States. He
had cattle ranch in Oregon which con-
tanned 10000 scyes, and the pay roll of
his farm in California amounted to $500a
day. He often sold $60,G worth Of
cattle in single year, and he had At
times as many as 10000 sheep. His
widow I think still manages his estate,
snd the value of one of its yearly crops
not long ago approached $4,000.
The rich men of California of to-day are
fully equal to those of the past. Stanford
is put down at SIS. 90 900, Mackay was
lately credited with $50, 000, 600, and Fair
another Of the bonanza kings, with like
amount. Hearst is said to be worth any
where from So. 900, 0C0 to $40. 900, 000,a
there are two cattle kings in California
named Miller and Lux who have made
about $40 900, 900 eacn within the past
twenty years. They own 600, 900 acres of
California land, and they have 300 miles
miles of fences. One of their canals used
for irrigsting is worth $1,000 600
dollars, and their stock consisted not
long ago Of 100000 head Of cattle and
$4,000 sheep. "Lucky" Baldwin owns
20, 900 acres of land in California, aud he
has the wool clipped from 10000 sheep
every year. His wealth ia said to be
$50. 100000, and his income is million a
year. Claus SpreCkels is the sugar king
of the world. He has millions upon mil
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revenue has been as high as SIS 900 day.
these California millionaires have brought
their fortunes east to increase or decrease
them in Wall street.
G. P. Huntington has added to his pile
during his residence in New York and
jim Keene has lost one fortune though l
understand he is fast making another. II
is something of question as to how
John W. Mackey stands at present. but
there is no doGbt of his being worth
millions, and as to Ssndford his fortune
increases so fast that it is question with
him what TO do with his income.
The richest man in 81. Louis is said to
be Gerard B. Allen and the. amount of
his fortune is 100000. He began hie
as moulder and made a fortune in foun-
dries. lie owns some OF. the best real
estate in the town and has stocks and
bonds in nearly everything that is good.
st. Louis hiss many rich men in a quiet
way. lis fortunes however are rather
those of accumulation than of specula-
ton and the town is one Of old families.
It is different with Chicago. Most Of
the rich men of the metropolis of the
lakes began life as poor boys, and George
Pullman, Potter Palmer, Marshall Field
and Phil Armour have been the architects
of their own fortunes. Armour is said to
be worth from $40, 10000 to $50 600, 900
He has his packing establishments in
Kansas City and Omaha as well as 10
Chicago and he sends his meat all over
the world. The Faaw9lls started poW
and are now rich, and Pullman's wealth
is estimated at S20,Oee,O00.
William English of Indianapolis, ex-
vice presidential candidate, is worth
LOCO, 900, and Civil Service Commits
siOner E gertoD, whose home is at Fort
Wayne, has real estate worth nearly this
amount. Ohio has many millionaires and
they are scattered throughout the various
counties from Lake Erie to the Ohio
river. In Toledo, Petr pleum V. Nasty
gets the income of 10000 out of his
Toledo Blade, and Edwin Cowles' paper,
the Leader, OF Cleveland, pays good in
terest on q like amount. John r Nc
Lean receives, it is said, $240,o00 year
from his Enquirer stick, ana q prom
inent CinciDnstian says he is worth
Sc ZOO, 900, and he is still under
tifty. John Mclean and his father
own nearly million in real estate in
Washington city, aud like number OF
other Ohio rich men they spend their
winters there. John Hay, VINO received
about 50 100000 from the estate of
Amasa Stone, has brick palace just
across from the White House, where
twenty years ago he worked for less than
$50 week as Lincoln's private secretary.
His house is built upon ground which
cost Sc a foot, and another Ohio mil
lioneire Is now completing q residence in
Washington which will cost him $500, 900
cash. This is to be the home of Warder
of Springfield, Ono, and it will be the
finest house at the capital.
John Sherman, the millionaire Senator
from Mansfield, Ohio, owns q house at
Washington worth 900, and Pendle-
ton, our millionaire minister # Berlin,
has one there Of like value. Hugh j.
Jewett, who comes from Evansville, Ohio,
now lives at Washington during the win |
ter, and he is millionaire. He received |
for many years salary of $40, 900 year
from tue Erie Railroad, and there is q |
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